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Outer Worlds is made by arround 80 people. Full size of Obsidian is arround 200 people
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I'm really excited for Outer Worlds but I'm even more excited to see what they do with that Microsoft money. In a lot of interviews they cite budget constraints as being a big hindrance to Outer Worlds' scope.
Does Microsoft own the franchise after this game, If the game does well then sequels might be exclusive?
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They own the IP now. But 2K own the publishing rights. I guess if MS wants and sees potential they can buy it tho.
They own the IP but not the publishing rights.
The Outer Worlds 2 will only happen as a MS exclusive or not happen at all.
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Seems fine. They game isnt huge in scope also. I mean it has enough gameplay but not like huge open worlds and levels.
Did MS state those are the only conditions a sequel would happen? If not, then how would you know and confidently state it so definitively?
That's definitely a game I want to come to GamePass on PC. I'm not a big fan of turn-based combat or something that isn't action-based (kinda why I'm a heathen who prefers FF15 over the previous entries).. I heard it's different from turn-based but even from looking at videos I still couldn't get a grasp on what the compat is. If it was something like WoW/Diablo then I'd buy it in a heartbeat
It depends, there's a lot of variables we don't know. How long has it been in development? Has it always been so few people or is it only that way now that they're in the home stretch? How much experience do they have?
Speaking of PoE, did PoE2 ever come out on switch?
Microsoft is the IP holder
Take-Two is the publishing rights holder
If they can't negotiate the terms, The Outer Worlds 2 ain't happening with T2 doing publishing, if they can negotiate the terms, everything will fall under MS.
This is just like Dark Souls, a Dark Souls game can't happen without both From and Namco Bandai agreeing.
I wouldn't really say its either. Considering that they've been clear about the game's scope from the get-go, I'd say they've just allocated the staff resources that the project needed rather than under-allocated it.
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It's like an RTS with abilities that you can pause if you need to breath.
This is very interesting, this must be part of what made MS interested in acquiring Obsidian. I wonder how long that other team has been working on the other project.
I believe Obsidian are looking to scale up to a 250+ size while handling 2 projects at once, which makes sense. Can't wait to see what they can achieve under XGS banner. I sincerely hope they knock it out of the park in a way Bethesda couldn't (critically speaking). Obsidian remain one of the best storytellers imo, their best years are yet to come.
I believe Obsidian are looking to scale up to a 250+ size while handling 2 projects at once, which makes sense. Can't wait to see what they can achieve under XGS banner. I sincerely hope they knock it out of the park in a way Bethesda couldn't (critically speaking). Obsidian remain one of the best storytellers imo, their best years are yet to come.
LOL @ the binary option of a hypothetical deal as the only outcome. You literally have no idea what deal may be struck between MS and T2 for a potential sequel.
And do you think Microsoft will fund and let Obsidian make The Outer Worlds 2 published by T2 if they don't reach an agreement? lol
They've consistently said The Outer Worlds is a budget title from Private Division. This feels like the right amount of people. I'd guess Obsidian is working on 3 games at the moment:
-The Outer Worlds (Cain/Boyarsky, 80 staff)
-cRPG (JE Sawyer, historical cRPG)
-AAA RPG in preproduction or early development (maybe Pillars)
There's been talk of Sawyer wanting to make a historical cRPG for a long time. Feels like it is now or never for him.
That sounds about right. I think Sawyer 'wanted' to do something historical based, not sure if this is actually what is happening over there.
This guys speaks the truth. It's like a dream match, that IP with Obsidian would do wonders. One can only hope.
Lines up with what was shared with press ahead of the game's debut at last years TGAs (though at the time, there was still a decent sized spaced dedicated to Deadfire DLC and Support)
That's not the issue I had with your either/or scenario. It was your 2 outcomes of a deal being definitively stated as the only way a sequel gets made..
I mean I know its a stretch, but I hope the other thing they are working on is a new CRPG. Pillars 3 would be great tho.
MS already owns the Shadowrun license. Obsidian needs to make a Triple A third person Shadowrun RPG.
If they ever announced such a thing, would be a personal megaton for me. I've mentioned a proper Shadowrun RPG since OG Xbox days back when FASA could put out great games and owned the license under Microsoft. Kind of given up hope...and threw it in the pile with Alan Wake and Project Gotham Racing...but I'd love to be wrong.
EA sick of dealing with Toxic Mass Effect Brand. Sells to Microsoft, Puts Obsidian On The Next Mass Effect Game.
One can have a pipedream.
Casey Hudson looks at his resume and goes... "fuck", leaves BioWare again.
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Given the failure of Anthem, if Dragon Age is any kind of success the most likely scenario here is that Mass Effect 4 happens. They'll abandon Andromeda and go back to the space marines, which will save me sixty bucks.
I'm curious how this game will turn out. A lot of my New Vegas friends are genuinely interested but I have this weird feeling it won't end up being quite what they think, or it will feel dated.
Maybe they'll just appreciate something so incredibly similar though, idk.
Maybe they'll just appreciate something so incredibly similar though, idk.
At the same time I'm just sorta sick of BioWare doing games they don't have a heart in anymore. There's plenty of passionate Mass Effect people out there but I wouldn't want BioWare to do it out of some means of damage control or all you'll get is a game that's even worse than Andromeda.
I'm not saying everyone, but there are some comments that I've read that make me think some people will have to reel their expectations in. I'm hoping for a quality game but the comparisons to Fallout: New Vegas will lead to some disappointed voices when it comes to scale.
Because you don't buy a studio to not make console exclusive content, it was third party before so why buy it if that was your plan all along lol.
Bethesda seem to have made from what I can find Fallout 3 with about 80 people and Fallout 4 with about 100.
I think Outer Worlds will be fine, since they don't only have a similarly sized team of developers, they also have people who can actually write.
I think Outer Worlds will be fine, since they don't only have a similarly sized team of developers, they also have people who can actually write.